[[Home|🏠]] <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> [[Partners]] <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> Alba Orbital **Website:** https://www.albaorbital.com/ >[!summary] Alba Orbital is a Scottish aerospace company specializing in the development and launch of PocketQube satellites, which are ultra-small satellites designed for cost-effective space access. The company provides end-to-end solutions, including satellite design, manufacturing, and integration, as well as launch services through partnerships with various rocket providers, including Rocket Lab. Alba Orbital has enabled a variety of missions, such as Earth observation, IoT connectivity, and technology demonstrations, leveraging its expertise in miniaturized satellite technology to democratize access to space for startups, universities, and research organizations. ## 🚀 Launches %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table launch_date as "Date", location as "Location", vehicle as "Vehicle", target_orbit + " | " + payload_mass as "Orbit & Mass", outcome as "Outcome" from "Launch/Launches" where contains(customer, [[Alba Orbital]]) sort launch_date desc ``` %% | File | Date | Location | Vehicle | Orbit & Mass | Outcome | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------- | | [[Launch/Launches/026 - There And Back Again.md\|026 - There And Back Again]] | 2022-05-02 22:49 | [[Locations/Launch Complex 1.md#Launch Pad A\|LC1-A]] | [[Launch/Electron.md\|Electron]] | 520 km \| 94° \| Unknown | ✅ | | [[Launch/Launches/010 - Running Out Of Fingers.md\|010 - Running Out Of Fingers]] | 2019-12-06 08:18 | [[Locations/Launch Complex 1.md#Launch Pad A\|LC1-A]] | [[Launch/Electron.md\|Electron]] | 385 x 400 km \| 97° \| 77 kg | ✅ | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %% ## 📰 News %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table published as "Published" from "News" where contains(customer, [[Alba Orbital]]) sort published desc ``` %% | File | Published | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys 34 Satellites and Catches Rocket Booster Returning from Space with Helicopter.md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys 34 Satellites and Catches Rocket Booster Returning from Space with Helicopter]] | May 02, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab to Attempt First Mid-Air Helicopter Capture of the Electron Rocket During Next Mission.md\|Rocket Lab to Attempt First Mid-Air Helicopter Capture of the Electron Rocket During Next Mission]] | April 06, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab to Launch Four PocketQube Satellites for Alba Orbital.md\|Rocket Lab to Launch Four PocketQube Satellites for Alba Orbital]] | August 18, 2021 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Debuts Fully Autonomous Flight Termination System.md\|Rocket Lab Debuts Fully Autonomous Flight Termination System]] | December 09, 2019 | | [[News/Rocket Lab launches milestone tenth mission, completes major success for reusable rocket program.md\|Rocket Lab launches milestone tenth mission, completes major success for reusable rocket program]] | December 06, 2019 | | [[News/Next Generation Electron Booster on the Pad for Rocket Lab’s 10th Mission.md\|Next Generation Electron Booster on the Pad for Rocket Lab’s 10th Mission]] | November 05, 2019 | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%